Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-10

Of Post Poy. Harlequin, and o,b;.,
son Ogle's Oscar, rs WILL a. ms
progeny. The venerable ard ,a' W.T.
ed" Gabriel Duyall, a jastice !, -
Supreme Court Of tho IInit,J q, y"
who, as Governor Olin Bowie M
land, writes me, "alI bis lie ra,i,i@i'y'
the adjoining farm 10 Governo- D.. sgn
two miles from Bel Air. and w,s ' '.
mate with the Oglcs, and n frsoa Nv
writer and excellent AUTHORITY od d't
blood horse furnished b. n y" we
spondent Of the AncTican Tarf U,.s
ter Volume "st., psges al2, az. e.,
N4) list OF the produce OF Gt,,.i
prchxed by statement inthese VI
"Imported Gabriel, il Is believed 81,
only one season in this country. =, nj
hir, Prince Georges county, Maryr,ni
He became diseased aud died nexl ~
He was kept hy an English gr,o,.
who was not familiar with the nam,..,
his patrons, which aecoun.s for n.
omission OF the Christian nam. p.
several in the list" This listw,. All,
Iended, contain'ac, snong a g,'l
number OF oihr produce Of Ca,r
tie nnmcs # Oscar, lost Doy. s,
Harlequin.
Cabriels groom was IN EnH.,he,,
named J. Bsirl. Sc the place on ...
Bel Air estate where Gabriel ~. l.,.
this English groom nd clt..
which, EDeli,haan ii.o hc NM ,...
name, and the nsme W lich be gave.
no doubt al importation. ~ COZ.
croft. In the correspondence 81 Gu.
mel Tayl0c, preserved 10 NJ Arr. ,.
letter from this J. Baird, dated "Gr...
croft, August u, 1890, informing ..
that on the day before ,iabrc h.l
died OF disease" And this 49,. h,
end of Gabriel, a ,toGt hor.e, tan.
coarse" whose best son Was ODD
Oscar. of good usmc and fame iD %.
American stud. Gabriel never ll
Maryland after the spring Of l70
cAsrrAsIRA ASD HER son SIR Abrf,-
nES LuNoNO.
turn nov 10 Casiiin.r1, Goi uoU
crfmo-dc-ia.cr.1,c, daughter 81 En.
lish Rockingham, son Of Highhyer ot
Of Purity by Matchem, sou ~ Cal
son Of the Godolphin Highnyorh,n,
son of Hcrod, son ~ Cyprou. grlei-
daughter OF Flying Childers g..
tianira WAS foalcd IN 1875 in Ensall
and was not seen 10y the London 49,,
of Colonel Tayloe I'll 1879. Shc 81.
rived at Norfolk End was disemhlrl
in june, 1859. She soon entered u'Ys
a career on the American turf, hu. u1
racing calendar WAS then published
and am ignorant Of her pcriormanre.
except that in 1901 che beat Ccl,r
Nv, two-mile heats, at Richmond
and that in 1860 She beat ,,a
promising young hore Of Mr.. b..
kins. There Is no evidence Of h,r,,e-
having been sent 10y Colonel riy.o. Co.
Maryland. lie sent her IN lSii %
Captain Archibald Randolph, WHO.
seat was Fen Lomon1, on the Jane
river above Richmond, in Goocal4nl
county. Colonel Teyl0e had an a
rangement With Captain Randolph il4
they should ed the promising Ro',
ingham mare to Diomad IN partL'--
ship. SO, having bcca Sent % Caotn
Randolph in 1904, CastiouirA $50, ,..i
10y him to Iiomed II Colonel S.'C-a
Tree Hill place jus. below EicLmJal
Gabriel being then in his gayr. o4.
hundred and fifty nilf, oif, fou- y,r
dead.
SIR ARCHY rs METH ASD BlRul'tW-
The result If the anIon Of Ca,i4an
and Diomed in 1905 wal the great c,H
Sir Archy, foaled at Ben LomouL Boo
1865. The noble cols VAS callcl b.
Captain Randolph. Robert Burn.
When he was two years old. t..at is O.
say in 1907, he VS. sent h. CJ.0I.i
Tayloe, accompanied by a letter FROM
Captain Randolph saying that il,is Dn :
that perron bad pronounced him ln'
best colt living. Colonel Taylre. Bro
honor of Captain Archy Randolph, for
his success in breeding colt 90 sIca
rare excellence, called him Sir Ar,hy.
by the name Of his friend. Ca,;Ianri
had gone back TO Mt Airy. whore shr
became the dam, by airss more access
bic 10 Colonel Tayloc. II several other
celebrated foals, when have no tine
TO enumerate.
SIR ARcHY, EQvrs PEEfAyrIssTSrs.
Sir Arcby rs IA racer beat all the best
horses OF bis day, who never could pm,
him to bis speed tOHarls the cni 81 q
race. He was himself never beaten,
except (whcn three years old IN Us,
races undertake. while he hal colt dl,
temper. In form he va, distinguished
lie stood sixteen hands three quirt 'r'
of an inch high. lis shoulder va
very deep, mounting MP TO the top oi
the withers, inclining oDliquely toward
the hips. HIS grth WAS full and deep
his back short md strong, Thighs lon-
and muscular, his boue firm. blshseh
! rose well ont " the Nlthers, and hl'
head nobly formed. tie WAS r.ri
bay, without white except on on moi
foot. He died in 1893 at the a-e ".
twenty-eiglit. Was lately told "s
General Munford that he died and US
buried at Ben LomoGl, aud t4ai m'
grave is still marked there hu. @a.
not affirm M u the place Of h,s dra'h
FATHER, son, AID BoRsE DUErD r>nrE
THE GREAT OAE TIRE
Rut have received letter irgn 'h'
estimable gentleman aud Jer,!mw
now owning Ben LomoDd, AMI who BE-
been citizen Of Virginia for 'r''r"
years, Mr.. q. n. Van Mater. rt
gives interesting particular oil
subject will premise that H'
roughbred horse of the Eamc ".
Henry was ever bred or owned m
giDia. There WAS Henry thu, ST..
Of Diomed. There was also tn { ''
son Of Sir Archy, who ran q
national race on Long lsaui rs P
American Eclipse but there has a.
no Sir Henry in this State. Her" ID
lows Mr.. Van Matters letter wri.t'n :
me from Ben Lomond March %, 1917
1.-The spot you refer to, representa-
q burial plot, is upon the brow .. IL
hill fronting James river, northerl
and southerly, on the northeastern pa'
of the plantation, under large whit
oak, which looks as il it had stood ther
for centuries, about fifteen feet !
circumference, and still healthy. I'll
plot is marked by q massive ston
wall, twelve feet square and about ii'
feet high, with two graves marked VT
undressed stone without name or dat
denoting the graves OF . man and 10,
Tradition SAYS man by the name ,